Comments on: Inside the Olympics Stadium in 360 degrees

Inside the Olympics Stadium in 360 degrees

lou — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:20:54 -0800

Beijing Olympics Stadium, about 30 minutes before the the men's 100m final. A 360-degree view (including overhead) from the stands by Finnish photographer Kari Kuukka.

By: turaho

turaho — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:24:31 -0800

It's good to know that even professional photographers can't resist hamming it up for a camera.

By: Class Goat

Class Goat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:26:12 -0800

I think this guy (at Deviant Art) does it better. I can't tell where the seams are in his panoramas. If you look straight up in the one in the OP, you can see discontinuities.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:28:28 -0800

Hey! I know that guy!

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:29:13 -0800

Water Cube

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:30:38 -0800

Opening Ceremony

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:42:37 -0800

Pro photographers are not good subjects for candid shots.

By: monocot

monocot — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:50:44 -0800

H'mph...

By: Dumsnill

Dumsnill — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:09:40 -0800

I thought this was kinda cool. And unlike the other links mentioned in the comments it filled my entire screen.

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:16:07 -0800

Interesting to see the preponderance of Canon L lenses. I would have thought there would be more Nikons by now.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:25:45 -0800

wow. That was amazing! Cool. Thanks lou.

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:44:49 -0800

Why would you think that, doctor_negative?

By: crapmatic

crapmatic — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:52:44 -0800

Awesome. Just imagine if it was live video.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:56:48 -0800

Wow. Look at all those lenses. I wonder how much money in lenses that is. Also, I think those people on the stairs are breaking some kind of fire code.

By: lou

lou — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:01:55 -0800

I think this guy (at Deviant Art) does it better. I can't tell where the seams are in his panoramas. Yes, but he didn't go see the Olympics, now did he? ;)

By: ZakDaddy

ZakDaddy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:17:38 -0800

That's amazing. I love how the geometry, although distorted a bit at the edges, is pretty much correct through every angle. It's also interesting that it pretty much looks like a single frame; notice the runners on the track in mid-stride.

By: mindsound

mindsound — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:18:34 -0800

Am I a bad person for thinking that the photographers are way more interesting than the track?

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:19:03 -0800

Vincent Laforet has been writing a great blog during the Olympics. He even has an entry showing all the cameras for the 100m. (His work has been linked on here before. For a while he was doing excellent NYC aerial photography for the Times.)

By: lometogo

lometogo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:49:58 -0800

Flashback city!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:52:21 -0800

Men with big lenses.

By: Venadium

Venadium — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:24:30 -0800

There's plenty of pro Canon glass there, but Nikon stuff is becoming a more common sight on the sidelines of pro sporting events. Which isn't all that unsurprising; it's kinda hard to find a reason to not want to be using a D3.

By: Venadium

Venadium — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:25:37 -0800

Oops. Surprising. It isn't all that surprising.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:28:01 -0800

wow, it's like actually being there! so i'm pretty sure anyone'll be able to this with their canon powershots in a few years :P

By: heeeraldo

heeeraldo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:10:06 -0800

For all of Canon's 1DmkIII focus woes (reported here), I don't think a lot of photographers will be switching away from Canon to Nikon. I've considered it a couple of times (going from 30D ->D300, and more recently to the D700) but it's a tremendous pain in the ass to round up all your gear, take a loss on resale, find suitable replacements (not always possible; where's your 35mm f/1.4, Nikon? your 200-400mm f/4, Canon?) and then learn your gear all over again. For professional sports photographers, it may not be worth it to spend the time and money when what they have is more than good enough. oh, also: so i'm pretty sure anyone'll be able to this with their canon powershots in a few years :P not unless they start coming with fisheye lenses, I think.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:42:11 -0800

smackfu: "Vincent Laforet has been writing a great blog during the Olympics. He even has an entry showing all the cameras for the 100m." Wow - I love the tilt-shift picture on that page (second one down)... Who needs to make models of real life when you can make real life look like a model! Amazing stuff!

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:09:49 -0800

Why would you think that, doctor_negative? Canon had a pretty clear lead up until recently, but the new Nikons have been getting really low noise levels at high ISO settings. I just thought they might they might be making a come back among sports photographers.